[Dnsmasq-discuss] no-dhcp-interface documentation

[Ferenc Wagner]

Simon Kelley <simon at thekelleys.org.uk> writes:

> Ferenc Wagner wrote:
> 
>> The default config file of dnsmasq 2.55 reads:
>> 
>> # If you want dnsmasq to provide only DNS service on an interface,
>> # configure it as shown above, and then use the following line to
>> # disable DHCP on it.
>> #no-dhcp-interface=
>> 
>> Which is a contradiction, because dnsmasq can also serve TFTP.  Is
>> that always offered on all interfaces being listened to, or disabled
>> along with DHCP on the specified interfaces?  Of course the best would
>> be adding some general configuration mechanism, like specifying the
>> services on the interface= lines (with sensible defaults), but
>> documenting the actual behaviour would be good enough for now. :) 
>
> TFTP service is offered on the same interfaces as DHCP, so that should read:
>
> # If you want dnsmasq to provide only DNS service on an interface,
> # configure it as shown above, and then use the following line to
> # disable DHCP and TFTP on it.
>
>
> I'll make the change.

Thanks.  Now I firewalled the DHCP traffic coming from the segment I
want to provide only TFTP on to suppress the "no address range available
for DHCP request" messages.  Is there a better way to achieve this?
-- 
Cheers,
Feri.